alvor

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See also: älvor

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse alvara, from an adjective ǫlværr (“benevolent”), maybe from Middle Low German alwār (“true, kind, benevolent”).

Noun

alvor c (singular definite alvoren, not used in plural form)

  1. seriousness (state of being serious)
  2. gravity
  3. earnestness

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse alvara

Noun

alvor n (definite singular alvoret, uncountable)

  1. seriousness

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse alvara

Noun

alvor n (definite singular alvoret, uncountable)

  1. seriousness

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese alvor, from Late Latin albor, albōrem (“whiteness”), from Latin albus.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Paulista" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /aw.ˈvɔɹ/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "South Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /aw.ˈvɔɻ/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Carioca" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /aw.ˈvɔχ/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Portugal" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /aɫ.ˈvoɾ/
  • Hyphenation: al‧vor

Noun

alvor m (plural es)

  1. the first light of the morning
  2. whiteness

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